433: Virtua Fighter 5 PS3 \\ Can Jeffry escape Master rank? & VF Battle Masters?? {Quest mode: Hard}

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Published on March 31, 2021 11:17:23 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC4WgPlgOBQ

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Virtua Fighter 5 (2006)

Duration: 1:21:43

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[PS3 store is closing JULY 2nd; I flubbed and erroneously said "June 2nd" in the video.]

[Update 4/25/21: On April 19, the PlayStation Blog updated with a post from Sony Interactive Entertainment "President & CEO" Jim Ryan announcing they were back-tracking on the store shutdowns: the PS3 and PS Vita stores will *not* be closing https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/19/playstation-store-on-ps3-and-ps-vita-will-continue-operations/ . The CEO-speak Ryan offers for the PR-nightmare initial decision and the back-track is:

"it was born out of a number of factors, including commerce support challenges for older devices and the ability for us to focus more of our resources on newer devices where a majority of our gamers are playing on. We see now that many of you are incredibly passionate about being able to continue purchasing classic games on PS3 and PS Vita for the foreseeable future, so I’m glad we were able to find a solution to continue operations."

The PSP store will still be closing on July 2nd, but a possible explanation for them not backtracking on that shutdown may be what a news article I read https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2021/apr/19/sony-reverse-decision/ notes: "most of those titles are already available on the Vita storefront."]

Playing Jeffry McWild in Quest mode of Virtua Fighter 5, on Hard difficulty, starting from Master rank:

0:00 - start & Status
2:50 - fighting in Club Sega Bay Area
24:32 - VF Battle Masters run 1
27:18 - VF Battle Masters run 2
29:55 - VF Battle Masters run 3
42:42 - more fighting in Club Sega Bay Area
45:12 - Sega Arena East tournament
48:32 - still fighting in Club Sega Bay Area
50:22 - promoted to Warrior!
1:06:07 - wrap-up & what's next!
1:13:35 - ps3 network issues & coming store closure

[[ PS3 update: This afternoon (3/31) the error code is 80029509 ("PSN down for maintenance") for both system activation attempts and attempts at downloading anything from my Download List. Progress? Tried calling PS phone support but they now handle support for PS4/5 *only*. ]]

[[[Another PS3 update: workaround found (for not being able to download and/or play purchased games). From https://forum.psnprofiles.com/topic/105656-cant-install-games-on-my-ps3-error-code-80029509/?do=findComment&comment=2298399 : "1. Log out of PSN (don’t know if it had direct effect) 2. Delete the store 3. Turn ON two-step verification 4. Log in on PS3 5. Install the store." I did that and got my downloads working, so I'll be able to record a Tekken 5 DR session tonight, yay. : )]]]

It was a rough first part of this! Somehow I didn't get demoted though: in Master rank, you're immediately demoted if you lose to a 10th dan, which is the rank just below you--and the one to which you're demoted; meanwhile, a 10th dan beating 1 Master is immediately promoted to Master; and a Master has to beat 5 10th dans to get promoted out of the Master rank vortex! : o

I think part of my struggle was that I had completely forgotten about ffK (forward, forward, Kick), Jeffry's huge, space-creating kick; and then after I at least remembered it existed, I struggled to re-locate its range, so I kept whiffing it right in front of the AI and then getting worked over. Without ffK's push-back, *I* was the one getting pushed back and cornered; and for a while I kept panicking in that situation and trying to edge around to freedom, or even jump over the AI if I'd knocked them down, and I wasn't really able to do either of those as Jeffry; finally figured out it worked better for me just to crouch block during the opponent's wake-up, then stand and fight.

Bombed out of a bunch of tournaments, lost a bunch of item matches--wheeoo. But, I cleared the big tournament eventually, and ranked out of the Master mess, so hopefully the next outing will go better and uh I won't forget ffK. : o

Moves:

New:

bK,K,P - strong combo but abort if 1st K blocked

Faves:
df,dfGP - Splash Mountain! huge damage throw
hcfGP - back-breaker, high damage throw
ffK - huge kick!
dfK - good spacing; decent follow if ffK misses
dK - fast, still decent range
bK,P - extra CHOP after a knee
ufK - big high leg, rangey, staggers on block
bPP - overhead forearm smackdown
dfPP - low hooks, float--combo w/ bK (more?)
ffPP - two mid hits
dPK,K - overhead elbow quick beatdown
fPK,dfPP - gut punch beatdown
dfGK,dfP,P - quick axe to ground juggle
fGK - slower heel kick
bfPK - headbutt knockdown, can ground juggle
df,dfP - huge lunging uppercut--easy juggle but big whiff

Situational:
dfGPK - crouch throw (also d)
dGP - throw on prone (also df)
dfK - ground attack
fK - knee float (whiffs big though)
runningPK - belly flop!
runningGK - jumping booty

Dangerous:
ufGK - forward roll with kick
GPK~GP - "Come on!" throw; long start, silly range
dfPK,PPP - wade in semi-combo, easily blocked
df,dfP - huge floating uppercut
KKP - big whammy combo

3/30/21

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